China's AI Policy at the Crossroads: Balancing Development and Control in the DeepSeek Era
by Scott Singer, Matt Sheehan · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The most current rigorous, free treatment that covers both China's regulatory instruments and the policy process behind them. Traces Chinese AI policy through four eras up to 2025, covering the CAC algorithm registry, generative AI measures, 2025 labeling rules for synthetic content, bureaucratic rivalry between regulators, and the AI+ industrial initiative. Explains how Chinese AI rules are drafted and revised.
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